. Electric railway journal . mber that the citys legal department is attheir service. My own attitude in the matter will be this: Shortlyafter midnight to-night I shall enter upon a Summitand Broadway car and proffer the conductor in chargeof the car 3 cents in currency. Upon his refusal toaccept my proffer of a 3-cent fare I shall communicatethis fact to the City Solicitor, who assures me that onSaturday morning he will ask for an injunction com-pelling the company to accept a 3-cent fare. I again urge upon the citizens to employ only peace-able means to accomplish the enforcement of this ord
. Electric railway journal . mber that the citys legal department is attheir service. My own attitude in the matter will be this: Shortlyafter midnight to-night I shall enter upon a Summitand Broadway car and proffer the conductor in chargeof the car 3 cents in currency. Upon his refusal toaccept my proffer of a 3-cent fare I shall communicatethis fact to the City Solicitor, who assures me that onSaturday morning he will ask for an injunction com-pelling the company to accept a 3-cent fare. I again urge upon the citizens to employ only peace-able means to accomplish the enforcement of this ordi-nance. The fight for a 3-cent fare is not merely a local eyes of the entire nation are centered upon thiscity in this struggle, and what is accomplished here tobring about lower fares for the citizens of Toledo willgo forth as an example to other cities of the UnitedStates. I trust that nothing may be done to reflectupon the fair name of our city. The city police were kept on duty after midnight on WE WISH TO THANK. WHO ARE PAYINGREGULAR FARESAND THUS SHOW THEYBELIEVE INFAIR PLAY. TOLEDO LIGHT CO. Toledo Fare Dispute—Poster Issued by Company March 27 in readiness to meet trouble if any wasstarted. A meeting of the Municipal Ownership League washeld at Memorial Hall on the evening of March 27. JohnMulholland, Councilman-at-Large, presided. HenryL. Doherty, chairman of the Board of Directors of thecompany, and President Coates were in the audience. After several speakers had been heard, Mr. Dohertyrose and said, My name is Doherty and if the audiencestands for fair play I would like to be heard. Chairman Mulholland announced that the regularprogram had been arranged and that he would not allowit to be stampeded for anyone not on the people in the audience wanted to hear and repeatedly called out his name, but the HENRY L. DOHERTY WILL SPEAK AT MEMORIAL HALL TO-NIGIT ON STREET CAR SITUATION EVERYONE INVITED! Toledo Fare Dispute—Poster Ad
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